Second-round previews from the Fort Worth Challenger on hard courts, with form, serve and return numbers and a full Tale of the Tape for every match. Times are as listed by the tournament schedule and may move with the order of play.
Patrick Maloney vs Kenta Miyoshi
🧠 Form & Context
Patrick Maloney
- 📊 Currently unranked at 26, 4–6 in his last 10.
- 🎾 Lands 64.1% of first serves and saves 62% of break points.
- 🏆 Strong in tight sets: 59% of tiebreaks and 58% of deciding sets won.
- 📊 62% career record in best-of-three.
- ⚠️ Winning only 47% of recent matches.
Kenta Miyoshi
- 📊 Ranked No. 441 at 22, 5–5 in his last 10.
- ✅ Beat the favourite Cassone in the first round.
- 🚀 The bigger serve: 71.1% on first-serve points, 74% recently.
- 🔁 The better returner: 42% of return points won.
- ⚠️ Saves only 55.6% of break points and wins 42% of tiebreaks.
🔍 Match Breakdown
A first meeting. Miyoshi is the favourite at 1.57 after upsetting Cassone in the first round.
Miyoshi has the stronger serve – 71.1% on first-serve points against 69.9%, and 74% recently – and is the better returner (42% vs 40% of return points).
Maloney lands far more first serves (64.1% vs 57.9%) and is much stronger on break-point defence (62% vs 55.6%).
This should be a match of holds, and in tiebreaks Maloney has the clear edge: 59% won against Miyoshi's 42%.
Miyoshi has the serve, the return and the momentum. If it stays tight, Maloney's tiebreak record makes this closer than the price suggests.
📊 Tale of the Tape
| Metric | Maloney | Miyoshi |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | – | 441 |
| Age | 26 | 22 |
| Last 10 | 4–6 | 5–5 |
| Head-to-head | 0 | 0 |
| First serves in | 64.1% | 57.9% |
| 1st-serve points won | 69.9% | 71.1% |
| 2nd-serve points won | 49.1% | 50.6% |
| Break points saved | 62.0% | 55.6% |
| Break points converted | 42.0% | 41.3% |
| Return points won (career) | 40% | 42% |
| Tiebreak win % | 59% | 42% |
| Deciding-set win % (career) | 58% | 51% |
| Best-of-3 win % | 62% | 61% |
Daniel Milavsky vs Darwin Blanch
🧠 Form & Context
Daniel Milavsky
- 📊 Ranked No. 319 at 25, 4–6 in his last 10.
- 🚀 The bigger serve: 72.4% on first-serve points, 51.9% on second.
- 🔒 Saves 63.9% of break points.
- 🔁 Slightly the better returner: 40% of return points won.
- ⚠️ Only 44% of tiebreaks won.
Darwin Blanch
- 🔥 Ranked No. 159 at 19, left-handed, 8–2 in his last 10.
- ⚔️ Won their only meeting, 6–3 1–6 6–3 in Columbus three weeks ago.
- ✅ Beat Pedrico Kravtsov in the first round.
- 🏆 Wins 59% of tiebreaks.
- ⚠️ Weak on return: 38% of return points won.
🔍 Match Breakdown
A quick rematch: Blanch beat Milavsky in three sets in Columbus at the end of September. He is the favourite at 1.67.
On paper Milavsky is the stronger server – 72.4% on first-serve points against 70.2%, better on the second ball, and saving more break points (63.9% vs 60.9%).
He is also slightly the better returner (40% vs 38% of return points), which matters in a match where breaks will be rare.
Blanch has the momentum (8–2 in his last 10) and the clearly better tiebreak record: 59% against 44%.
Blanch has the form and the head-to-head; Milavsky has the better serve and return numbers. Closer than the price suggests.
📊 Tale of the Tape
| Metric | Milavsky | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | 319 | 159 |
| Age | 25 | 19 |
| Last 10 | 4–6 | 8–2 |
| Head-to-head | 0 | 1 |
| First serves in | 60.6% | 60.5% |
| 1st-serve points won | 72.4% | 70.2% |
| 2nd-serve points won | 51.9% | 50.1% |
| Break points saved | 63.9% | 60.9% |
| Break points converted | 41.6% | 41.5% |
| Return points won (career) | 40% | 38% |
| Tiebreak win % | 44% | 59% |
| Deciding-set win % (career) | 49% | 52% |
| Best-of-3 win % | 64% | 57% |
Mees Rottgering vs Cosme Rolland de Ravel
🧠 Form & Context
Mees Rottgering
- 📈 Ranked No. 331 at 19, left-handed, 6–4 in his last 10.
- 🚀 Serving well recently: 73% on first-serve points.
- 🔓 Converts 46.9% of break points.
- 🏆 Wins 55% of tiebreaks and has won 80% of deciding sets this season.
- ⚠️ Lands only 58% of first serves.
Cosme Rolland de Ravel
- 📊 Ranked No. 781 at 22, but 7–3 in his last 10 and winning 74% of recent matches.
- ✅ Beat the favourite Baris in the first round.
- 🎾 Slightly the stronger server: 69.9% on first-serve points and 62.2% of break points saved.
- 📊 69% record in best-of-three.
- 📏 A very small sample of matches at this level.
🔍 Match Breakdown
A first meeting between two players in form. Rottgering is the favourite at 1.39.
Rolland de Ravel backed up his strong recent run by beating Baris in the first round, and his numbers are slightly better on serve: 69.9% vs 68.6% on first-serve points, and 62.2% vs 59.3% of break points saved.
On return there is very little between them (42% vs 43% of return points), though Rottgering converts more of his break chances.
Rottgering has the better tiebreak record (55% vs 45%) and has won 80% of his deciding sets this season.
Rottgering has the ranking and the tiebreak edge; Rolland de Ravel has the form. With so little data on the underdog, this one is hard to call.
📊 Tale of the Tape
| Metric | Rottgering | Rolland de Ravel |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | 331 | 781 |
| Age | 19 | 22 |
| Last 10 | 6–4 | 7–3 |
| Head-to-head | 0 | 0 |
| First serves in | 58.0% | 58.5% |
| 1st-serve points won | 68.6% | 69.9% |
| 2nd-serve points won | 50.1% | 50.3% |
| Break points saved | 59.3% | 62.2% |
| Break points converted | 46.9% | 45.2% |
| Return points won (career) | 42% | 43% |
| Tiebreak win % | 55% | 45% |
| Deciding-set win % (career) | 53% | – |
| Best-of-3 win % | 59% | 69% |
Jenson Brooksby vs Timo Legout
🧠 Form & Context
Jenson Brooksby
- 📊 Ranked No. 99 at 25, a former top-40 player, but 4–6 in his last 10.
- 🎾 The steadier server: 66.1% of first serves in, 66.9% won behind them, 51.3% on second.
- 🔒 Saves 60.1% of break points.
- 🏆 Wins 58% of tiebreaks.
- ⚠️ Winning only 41% of recent matches and 29% of deciding sets this season.
Timo Legout
- 📈 Ranked No. 351 at 24, 7–3 in his last 10 and winning 74% of recent matches.
- 🔁 The far better returner: 44% of return points won and 46.2% of break points converted.
- 🏆 Has won 62% of deciding sets over his career, with a 63% record in best-of-three.
- ⚠️ Saves only 56% of break points.
- ⚠️ Weaker on the second serve: 48.7% won.
🔍 Match Breakdown
A first meeting. Brooksby is ranked more than 250 places higher and is the favourite at 1.30.
Brooksby has the more reliable serve – more first serves in, more points won behind both serves, and better break-point defence (60.1% vs 56%).
Legout is the much better returner, winning 44% of return points against 40% and converting 46.2% of his break chances.
Form points the other way: Legout has won 74% of his recent matches, Brooksby only 41%, and Brooksby has won just 29% of deciding sets this season.
Brooksby has the ranking and the serve; Legout has the return and the form. Closer than 1.30 suggests.
📊 Tale of the Tape
| Metric | Brooksby | Legout |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | 99 | 351 |
| Age | 25 | 24 |
| Last 10 | 4–6 | 7–3 |
| Head-to-head | 0 | 0 |
| First serves in | 66.1% | 62.9% |
| 1st-serve points won | 66.9% | 65.2% |
| 2nd-serve points won | 51.3% | 48.7% |
| Break points saved | 60.1% | 56.0% |
| Break points converted | 43.4% | 46.2% |
| Return points won (career) | 40% | 44% |
| Tiebreak win % | 58% | 52% |
| Deciding-set win % (career) | 59% | 62% |
| Best-of-3 win % | 61% | 63% |
